GHSA-4whq-r978-2x68

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4whq-r978-2x68
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/05/GHSA-4whq-r978-2x68/GHSA-4whq-r978-2x68.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-4whq-r978-2x68
Published
2021-05-04T17:43:52Z
Modified
2021-10-08T21:20:43Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Arbitrary code execution in ExifTool
Details

Impact

Arbitrary code execution can occur when running exiftool against files with hostile metadata payloads.

Patches

ExifTool has already been patched in version 12.24. exiftool-vendored, which vendors ExifTool, includes this patch in v14.3.0.

Workarounds

No.

References

https://twitter.com/wcbowling/status/1385803927321415687 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22204

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-74"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2021-05-04T17:33:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / exiftool-vendored

Package

Name
exiftool-vendored
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Purl
pkg:npm/exiftool-vendored

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.3.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/05/GHSA-4whq-r978-2x68/GHSA-4whq-r978-2x68.json"